President Calls For Activating Economic, Trade And Security Cooperation With Saudi Arabia

BAGHDAD / NINA / -President Barham Saleh stressed the importance of consolidating stability and peace and supporting security and political stability in the region. "Saleh discussed with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdul Aziz, King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ways to enhance cooperation between the two countries and promote them to serve the interests of the two brotherly peoples," a presidential statement said. This came during a meeting between the President of the Republic and the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, upon his arrival with the delegation accompanying him to the Saudi capital Riyadh today. Saleh said, "The depth of fraternal and historical relations between Iraq and the Kingdom requires us to move forward with greater coordination and joint action, particularly cooperation in the economic, trade and security fields," stressing "the importance of establishing stability and peace and supporting security and political stability in the region. And concert efforts to ease the tensions and crises facing the region and to give priority to the language of dialogue and unite efforts towards common issues. " The two sides stressed "the importance of activating the joint coordination council between the two countries to upgrade relations to the strategic level and open new horizons of cooperation in various fields." The meeting discussed several files and topics, most notably the activation of cooperation between Iraq and Saudi Arabia in the field of energy and the rapid opening of border ports between the two countries to strengthen economic and trade relations between them in order to serve the common interests./ End